Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-08-27

And it is full time that such dis
reputable politics should cease to in
terfere with the peace and welfare OF
this region.
WE have found out now-not who
struck William Patterson--but who
stole the mining bill.
Mrs. A. R. Maurice said in the
hearing of our friend, James Camp
bell, of Barton, that "she knew the
man." etc.; that che belonged to the
Crescent club of Baltimore" and
that che got $500 for taking it,"
that "Gov. Lloyd, comptroller Turn
er and encouragement Roberts
connived at the abstraction of said
BILL" and that "certain Allegany
county delegate said he didn't care
a crossword here) what became of
it after it got through the Legisla-
ture."
There must be mistake some
where, for here comes the county re-
publican convention of Garrett and
says explicitly that "the democratic
party of the State" did 1t.
Now we submit that the parties
named by Mrs. Maurice, including
the fellow who got the $500, are not
"the democratic party of the State"
AS an issue this chestnut may work
off pretty we'll on the unsophisticated
Garrett county populace, but it wont
be worth cent in this county.
In all justice, demagogues of Gar.
rett, there is a big roorbach in that
trick for the republicans of Allegany
county.
And the best of them know it.
CHAPTER 112, Acts of 1885, provides that at
the general election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
1887, at the same place where county and city
elections are now held by law for the election
of delegates to the General Assembly, every
person entitled to vote for delegates to the
General Assembly, shall be entitled to vote
on the question Of call of convention for
altering the constitution or framing new
one, by expressingi in writing or printed form
the words "for convention" or against a
convention" as the case may be. The re-
turns are to be made to the Governor who is
to make proclamation of the result The act
leaves, by it's silence, to the Legislature the
time and mode of the assembling of the con-
vention.
The Cumberland News, from
which the above is taken, character
ICES the constitutional convention
question as the greatest to be de-
cided this fall, but which has re-
ceived the least attention" This is
matter Of course among mere pol
iticians and average aspirants for
public Office. In the mind of a
place-hunter nothing can precede in
Importance his own candidacy.
THE man who wants public office and
who is too mean to pay for an announce
ment of his candidacy in his own party paper
deserves not to get it-and he generally
don't.-Cumberland Times.
Great halidom, old man, you said
that handsomely!
And when those of either side over
look the JOURNAL they generally
get back safely to the obscurity
which they court.
The republican party committed
several mistakes in the construction
of their State platform, but one
was not in the plank which proposes
to preserve the canal as waterway.
Being right on that issue, they will
sweep thiScongressional district with
a bigger sweep than it was ever swept.
The water supply is very low.
Our people should set about at
once to prescribe some popular cure
for the water company's disease
during the session of the Legislature.
They cannot begin too early for
mulating a plan that ought to ripen
about the first of April next.
LIBEL suits are growing more and
more in fashion, and he is very
meek editor who has not one record
ed against him. Even a Chinese
paper is in the tolls for saying that a
certain laundry proprietor was half
dead with consumption. The latter's
name is Wun Lung.
VS. would like to give the names of aspir-
ing candidates for nomination at the coming
convention, but as it will take over two col
umns, we will have to omit.-Lonaconine
RevieW.
Besides, what is the use of advertis-
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